Climate averages 1991–2020
Harbin weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Harbin: daytime highs average -6.7°C and nights cool to about -19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.8 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hulan (17 km away). In February its highs average -6.7°C, about as warm as Harbin, with 4.7 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Harbin ranks joint 845th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 117th of 884 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Harbin is 15.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 9.8°C to 3.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 5.8 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Harbin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.9°C-23.7°C | -23.7°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 9.19 h |
| February, selected | -6.7°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 5.8 | 1.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 3.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 15 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 30 | 5.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 65 | 9.3 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 99 | 12.2 | 15.616 h |
| July | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 155 | 14.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 138 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 67 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | -0.2°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 18 | 3.6 | 9.510 h |
| December | -10.5°C-20.0°C | -20.0°C | 8.5 | 2.4 | 8.89 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Hulan in FebruaryChina · 17 kmHigh -6.7°C · Low -18.9°C · 4.7 mm precipitation
- Acheng in FebruaryChina · 33 kmHigh -6.7°C · Low -19.2°C · 7.3 mm precipitation
- Shuangcheng in FebruaryChina · 49 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -17.9°C · 5.0 mm precipitation
- Lanxi (Heilongjiang), China in FebruaryChina · 63 kmHigh -7.0°C · Low -19.0°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Zhaodong in FebruaryChina · 63 kmHigh -6.6°C · Low -18.1°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Wuchang in FebruaryChina · 100 kmHigh -6.3°C · Low -18.7°C · 8.8 mm precipitation
- Suihua in FebruaryChina · 103 kmHigh -8.3°C · Low -20.4°C · 5.2 mm precipitation
- Yushu (Jilin), China in FebruaryChina · 103 kmHigh -5.7°C · Low -17.5°C · 7.2 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Harbin) is explained once on the Harbin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.